Vol. 133 No. 1 Congress fundamentally changed the punishment of federal crimes in the 1980s and almost entirely for the worse. The Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984...
Vol. 132 No. 6 How does a former gang-banging, gun-toting Latino serving a thirty-year prison sentence, the product of an elderly uneducated immigrant father and a drug-addicted mother,...
Vol. 132 No. 4 Judges inhabit what is often considered the most independent branch of government. Unlike officials of other branches, who are democratically accountable, judges are thought...
Vol. 132 No. 3 Debates over mass incarceration emphasize policing, bail, and sentencing reform, but give little attention to indigent defense. This omission seems surprising, given that interactions...
Today, the Supreme Court decided Sessions v. Dimaya and struck down the federal definition of “crime of violence” as unconstitutionally vague. The statute, section...
